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Beginning 2011, the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) would establish an oil and gas Unit to train investigators and lawyers to deal with human rights abuses, corruption and injustices in the industry. Mr…

Mr Alfred Vanderpuije, Mayor of Accra, on Monday said the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) had not signed any contract for the sale of any market in the Metropolis or for relocation. Addressing a press conference in Accra, Mr…

The Fifth Edition of a programme dubbed Development Days (EDD) opened on Monday with EU member countries reminding themselves that development aid must go hand in hand with good policies at the recipient country. The European Development…

Mrs Ethel Ansah-Antwi, a management consultant, on Saturday said the proportion of economically active population available for work but could not be employed is a prime threat to democratic Ghana. She said despite the relative success, as…

Mrs Dzifa Attivor, Deputy Minister of Transport on Monday expressed disdain about the massive leakage of revenue through illegal car registration syndicates and called on stakeholders to clamp down on the perpetrators of the crime. She…

The UN is moving non-essential staff out of Ivory Coast, following the state's disputed presidential election. Some 460 staff would continue to carry out their duties from the Gambia, UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said. Earlier, Botswana's…

Gold ticked lower on Tuesday as speculators booked profits after sending the price to another record, but worries over Europe's sovereign debt problems and speculation the U.S. Fed will extend monetary easing helped cushion the fall.…

It took longer than many thought -- and comedians had a laugh at their expense -- but singer Alicia Keys and her celebrity friends raised $1 million for an AIDS charity and, with it, lived to tweet again. Keys and her Keep a Child Alive…

Oil company BP has approached several UK-focussed energy companies about a potential sell-off of about $1 billion (£636 million) of its North Sea assets, The Daily Telegraph said on Tuesday. The British newspaper cited companies and…

The U.S. Treasury sold the last of its Citigroup Inc. common shares in a $10.5 billion offering that capped the government's biggest bank bailout of the financial-market meltdown. The stock sale, which was finalized Monday evening, means…